Turn the Curious into Customers: How to Market Your New Business
There is no one-size-fits-all marketing strategy for businesses. Your product and target customers aren’t the same as everyone else’s, so why would you promote them in the same way? Marketing allows your business to build and maintain long-term relationships with your audience. It’s not a “set and forget,” but an ongoing strategy to help you consistently reach people. A solid marketing strategy informs, engages, sells, and evolves.
Marketing is not just advertising. You can’t rely solely on online ads and websites to see real traction. Nor can new startups dive right in without doing the legwork first.
“Marketing significantly influences the overall ‘likeability’ of a business,” says Rachel Sheppard, director of global marketing at Founder Institute. Particularly for emerging companies, it’s essential that you make a good, lasting impression, and start getting leads in—be they optimal or unideal.
With that in mind, here’s how to market your new business, with a few tips from the experts.
